Where does “paramountly” come from?
paramountly (English) comes from English paramount, from Anglo-Norman paramont, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
paramountly (English): In a paramount manner
Definitions
- In a paramount manner
Ancestry of “paramountly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paramount | Supreme; highest; chief; Of the highest... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | paramont | — |
| 3 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |